Sep 23
My idea for a mashup is combining weather data and twitter data with google map API. Some people feel depressed during rainy days while others feel happy. I wanted to mashup these two informations that can be related to each other. Google maps with weather information can achieve from Google API with weather data. For …
Sep 23
The author used a modified traffic sign to cast an image of how feedback loops work from evidence – relevance – consequences – action. Also this example perfectly makes the point of how effective that feedback loop can affect a diver’s behavior. Before I read this article, feedback for me was just any platform that …
Sep 23
1.about digital meets physical, This is a motorized closet, it can unite with weather report. We do not need a big closet to hung shirts，because this is a motorized closet, if the weather is cold, this closet can puts the clothing you should wear in the front of the closet. In my design, this closet …
Sep 23
My digital-physical project for the mashup assignment is called Cat DJ. Unlike how humans who can use verbal languages to express their emotions, cats have their own way to communicate: their tails. Pet behaviorists have found that cats use the motion and position of their tails to show their emotions to the cat owner and …
Sep 23
When I finished this reading, I realized that feedback is very important for each user, in our mind; we hope to receive a feedback，whatever product we use，even a small feedback that we have done it before. This is feedback, how about feedback loop? I think they are different. The users can through the previous behaviors …
Sep 23
1. Bug This is a toy and this bug feels its way around sensing objects in its path and avoiding them. The robotic bug will travel forward until it hits an obstacle. It will then backup in a half circle and then move forward in a different direction. How did they encourage user interaction and …
Sep 23
Invisible Postcard Messages I liked this project because it had an interactive interface with a simple, nondigital design. The postcards are coated with a phosphorous layer that allow you to write a hidden message. When it is exposed to light given off by your computer screen, the message is briefly revealed under dark lighting. …
Sep 23
The speed recognition feedback loop that is used commonly in the US makes me think of a tactic that many car manufacturers in Qatar and other Middle East countries employ to curb speeding. Reckless driving is so engrained in the culture there that car have installed sensors within the car that detects if you’re driving …
Sep 23
1. 3 “interfaces” I saw at Maker Faire that were interesting a. Project Spark (microsoft studios) Project Sport was an open world digital canvas that let us create our own games, it’s kind of like the Disney I-pad game “infinite toy box”. There was a guy continued telling people how to play this game in front …
Sep 23
I started my first experience in Maker Faire in this Sunday. It was very impressive event for me. The 3D Printing gives me a new perspective of how designer can do for their prototypes and tons of interface design give me a lot ideas about how technology can build up a newer, closer and stronger …
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